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Today i was invited to visit roman remains outside the former roman provincial capital. It was very interesting, starting with the point where the early 1st C. water lines met to go to the capital in one bigger line. Civil works left nothing behind there. 700 metres away a part of the line was found during extensions of a school. That was the second point of the tour.
Two pics of that preserved part.
You can see the older (early) line at the bottom was used to be the foundation of the late 1stC. line. The early line was below ground here and met the roman city wall 10 km away at the bottom. The line followed ground level to accomplish that. The later line started beeing over ground here because the line crossed the city wall in about 9meters high.
Slope was 24" on 6mls. Were talking 1900 years ago without laser level. Think about that for a moment.
The newer line was used as a quarry during medieval times and was reconstructed during preservation. Here you can see how it was build with watertight plasterwork inside.
For comparisation, this is the watertight plaster of the early line. Much more rough to slow the water with the bigger slope this line had.
Markings of the stonecutter.
After lunch break we met at a former railroad station, now a residental house. During build of the railroad and the station 1880 a roman grave chamber was found. The railroad company decided to preserve the chamber and build the cellar of the station around the chamber. Acess is by a stair outside the building. The graves were robbed probably medieval when the arch of the chamber was stolen. The railroad company added the arch in concrete to give the chamber the original appearance. Look at the dimensions of the two sarcophagi! They dont match the entrance so they were brought in before the arch was built.
Beautiful seams at the walls without mortar.
The corridor to the chamber had less fine sandstone. The brickwork is modern because many of the roman sandstone was robbed here too.
Interesting day and much learned about roman technology.
Two pics of that preserved part.
You can see the older (early) line at the bottom was used to be the foundation of the late 1stC. line. The early line was below ground here and met the roman city wall 10 km away at the bottom. The line followed ground level to accomplish that. The later line started beeing over ground here because the line crossed the city wall in about 9meters high.
Slope was 24" on 6mls. Were talking 1900 years ago without laser level. Think about that for a moment.
The newer line was used as a quarry during medieval times and was reconstructed during preservation. Here you can see how it was build with watertight plasterwork inside.
For comparisation, this is the watertight plaster of the early line. Much more rough to slow the water with the bigger slope this line had.
Markings of the stonecutter.
After lunch break we met at a former railroad station, now a residental house. During build of the railroad and the station 1880 a roman grave chamber was found. The railroad company decided to preserve the chamber and build the cellar of the station around the chamber. Acess is by a stair outside the building. The graves were robbed probably medieval when the arch of the chamber was stolen. The railroad company added the arch in concrete to give the chamber the original appearance. Look at the dimensions of the two sarcophagi! They dont match the entrance so they were brought in before the arch was built.
Beautiful seams at the walls without mortar.
The corridor to the chamber had less fine sandstone. The brickwork is modern because many of the roman sandstone was robbed here too.
Interesting day and much learned about roman technology.
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